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Whit Hanks  Chairman of the Board

Whit HanksPioneer Bank Dripping Springs Whit Hanks is an Austin and Dripping Springs businessman, the fifth generation of a local family tracing back to the Texas Revolution. He entered the real estate profession as a sophomore at The University of Texas at Austin, buying 25 residential properties one-by-one and remodeling them while a student. After receiving a Plan II degree and an MBA from UT, he worked for U.S. Senator Lloyd Bentsen in Washington and J. P. Morgan Bank in New York before returning to Austin to make his home. He founded Whit Hanks Antiques in 1985 and imported antiques from Europe, specializing in architectural antiques. At the same time, he also developed several large commercial real estate projects in Austin. He began acquiring property in the Dripping Springs area in 1985, and this investment in the community has grown steadily since then. He now spends the majority of his time in the local hospitality industry and owns Camp Lucy, an upscale events venue, and Whim Hospitality, a hospitality services company. He has served as a Board member of the Chamber of Commerce and as Chair of the Founders Day Commission, the Historic Preservation Commission, and the Economic Development Committee for the City of Dripping Springs.

 

Jack Seifrick  Vice Chairman of the Board

Jack Seifrick Pioneer Bank Dripping Springs Jack Seifrick is Vice Chairman of the Board and an original founder of Pioneer Bank. He serves as Managing Partner of Paul Duesing Partners - Leisure and Lifestyle Design, a Dallas-based professional firm that envisions and designs five star luxury hotels and significant residences world-wide. He served as the founder and Chairman of the Board of Professional Capital, Inc. and Professional Bank, NA, in Dallas, Texas, both successfully sold in 2010. He was previously a corporate real estate executive, serving for 13 years as Chief Operating Officer of The Amend Group in Dallas, Texas. He is a Dallas resident, married with two daughters, and holds a BSBA in Accounting from The Ohio State University, and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Jeff Wilkinson   Director, President and Chief Executive Officer

Jeff Wilkinson Director Pioneer Bank Jeff Wilkinson brings more than 18 years of experience as a financial industry/business generalist with a depth of expertise in finance, business development and organizational leadership. Until recently, he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Texas United Bancshares, Inc., a $1.8 billion publicly traded bank holding company. Together with the CEO, he played a key role in developing and executing a strategy for profitable growth that resulted in a 61 percent increase in the bank holding company’s stock price following his appointment in July 2005. During his tenure, he was instrumental in the completion of three acquisitions. In January 2007, the company was acquired by Prosperity Bancshares, Inc. Jeff and his wife Kelly have three young children.

Professor Isabella Cunningham

Isabella Cunningham Professor Pioneer Bank Dripping Springs Professor Isabella Cunningham currently serves as the Chair of the Advertising Department at The University of Texas at Austin. An influential figure in academia, both as an educator and as an, administrator, she consults and serves as a board member of both public and private companies including prior financial institutions. She contributes her time and expertise broadly, including service on numerous boards of non-profit institutions including the St. Edward’s University Board of Trustees, Texas Children’s Defense Funds, Texas Medical Association Foundation and UT Press Advisory Board. She also served on the Governor’s appointed positions including the Tourism Advisory Committee, the Texas Sunset Advisory Commission, the National Museum of Natural History and the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.

Mike Figer

Mike Figer Dripping Springs Figer & Company Mike Figer lives in the Dripping Springs area, is a third generation Austinite and is the owner of a local CPA firm, Figer & Company. After graduation from the Business Honors program at The University of Texas at Austin, he began his professional career in 1977 at Deloitte and Touche (Houston). While in Houston, he served on the business development board of a local Houston bank. After relocating back to Austin in 1986, he began his CPA firm specializing in accounting, tax, virtual CFO and financial services to small, entrepreneurial businesses. He has been active in local affairs including DSISD Education Foundation, Greater Dripping Springs Community Foundation, Austin Area Research Organization and various community programs. Mike and his wife, Cindy, also own a Dripping Springs-based gourmet food business, New Canaan Farms, producing upscale food products for the specialty food industry.

Craig Koenig

Craig Koenig Prime Tempus Dripping Springs Craig Koenig is President and owner of Prime Tempus, Inc., based in Dripping Springs. At Prime Tempus, he serves as Special Deputy Receiver for the State of Texas Insurance Commission and is responsible party for three failed insurance companies. He began his career in the financial industry after obtaining a BBA from The University of Texas at Austin and an MBA from the University of Arkansas. He has more than 20 years of experience in banking, loan workout and bankruptcy, asset management, and the administration, rehabilitation and liquidation of insolvent insurance companies. He is actively involved in Dripping Springs local government leadership in his capacity as Chairman of the Planning and Zoning Commission. He lives in Dripping Springs with his wife and young family.

John Miller

John Miller John Miller is an investment professional who, since 2000, has provided financial advisory and community bank consulting. He designed analysis screens to monitor and help investment decisions for community bank portfolios and interacts with the management of many of the banks in order to monitor clients' investments. He has served on the board of other banks and currently serves on the board of Mojave Desert Bank in Mojave, CA. He is also a principal with Marauder Trading Co, LLC, a consulting firm in Las Vegas. He earned a bachelors degree from the University of Notre Dame in Economics and Philosophy. He and his wife Jaclyn have a daughter and two sons and live in Henderson, Nevada.

 

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